The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-04
A SPECIAL MEETING.

OF COUNCIL HELD LAST NtanT
Al which tho Vacancy In tho Board OF Pub.
lie Works wn. Filled, weighers Elected
and Liquor Licenses Granted 10 Those
Who were Refused Last wssk.
Early yesterday morning there was a
call made for a special meeting Of Council
to be hold last night, the object OF the
meeting, as set forth In the call, being TO
elect welghers and transact other buai.
neas." The election Of wsighers was made
q part OF the work to be performed at the
special meeting held laut Friday
evening, but so much time was
consumed at that time in acting upon the
applications tor. liquor licenses, that the
election was postponed till come other
time. There was also fear on Friday night
that II a Joint aeesion was held an attempt
| would be made to elect O member OF the
Board Of Public Works in place Of Mr..
Odbett, resigned, and there were some,
enough In fact to GAUGE an adjournment,
who were not ready Tor an election ut that
time. lI .t4o 2 ;
Last nights special meeting was fairly
we'll attended. The principal business
transacted was the granting Of liquor Ii.
censea to the three parties who were 70.
fused lest Friday night, the election Of
Mr.. Benjamin Fisher to the vacant place
on the D.. p. W. and the election Of tho
weighers for the several city scales.
IN the Frat Branch the abssntees wore
Neasrs. Gavin aud shrebe; in the Second,
Mesurs. Caldwell, Davis, Mitchell, Robert.
son and Young. Both brauches were
called to order shortly before 8 o'clock,
and the reading Of the minutes dispensed
with in both ,#lEI 0
The rules were suspended ia tho Sec
ond Branch aud the applications for
licenao taken up. Dominick Cell, who
was absent q good portion OF last year In
Europe, Waiting his relativos, was granted
license to open Ills place on Market
street, near tho Opera House. Mesars.
Jeager, Marsh, Miller and Gilleland
voted against this in this Branch,
and In the First, Meaers: Faris, McGregor,
schultzs and Tracy voted " no." Oelli
presented q petition signed by a number
Of Market street buainess men asking that
licsnss be granted him and setting forth
that his place was far more reputable than
many in town that Council had licensed,
John Donelly was granted o license by
both branches to keep ut 2,135 Main
street, without encountering any opposi.
ton.
An application from Mary Muldoo,nu
to open the somewhat famous
place at the corner OF Main and
Twentieth streets waa refused by the Sec
ond Branch in a worry decided manner:
the vote was Is to 2, Messrs. .Gundline
and Heaiy voting for the place. The mem.
DRY Of the amall.Hized riot the police were
recently called on to quell ia this place
was too ireah 10 allow Of q license being
granted.
In the First Branch, tho vote by which.
1t failed 10 concur with the Second in
granting license to John Pardi, TO keep a
coffee house on Market street, neal Tur-
ner hall, was reconsidered. a petition
WAS read signed by several, asking that
license be granted. There was conslders-
bic diseusslon over the question, but at
last the Branch concurred; the vote was
0 to 4, Messrs. Faris, McGregor, Schultzs
and Tracy voting mo" The
action in refusing to concur with
the Second in granting license to 7. F.
Porter, the South Side man who had the
obscene advertising carda, was also recon
sidered and he was granted q license.
This disposed Of all that had
been refused, and q proposition wal made
to accept an invitation extended by the
Second Brsnch TO 20 into joint session.
This was not accepted until there had been
quite c spirited effort made to adjourn,
which WIS defeated by q tie vote,
It wss about 0 o'clock when the two
bodies went into joint session, Mayor Sea.
bright in the chair. The proceedings OF
the following fifteen minutes, bordered
closely on the disgracsfal. There was a
motion made atthe very outset to 90 into
au election for 8 member OF the Board OF
Public Works to fill the existing vacancy,
This brought on a spirited fight that
would have been very pretty
with q rarliamentarisn in the chair, but
SO it was, it degenerated into the ridicu.
lous and nearly everyone become conyuls-
ed with laughter. Tho chair was in
almoat utter ignorance Of the rules govern
ing such q fight So the members ATTEMPTED
to make be got ratified and his rulings, his
utter disregard Of motions that were made
and his frank and voluntary statement
that he did not go 1t much on parliament-
airy rules were enough to make the listen
ers weep for laughing.
To eum up the proceedings, Mr.. Allison
nominated Mr.. Fisher Mr.. Vocklsr named
Fred Lindemann and Ms.s Myles placed
Henry Schmuibach's name before the
Council. Mr.. Maxwell nominated Mr., D,
O. List. j., but afterwsrds withdrew his
name, Mr.. Buchanan having stated that
Mr.. List had told him only @ few hours
before that it would be impossible for him
to serve il elected. Mr.. Fishers election
WIS practically unanimous.
The election Of wsighera for the city
acales WAS then entered iato, and the fol.
lowing chosen:
Corner Main aud Fourth s:reeta-Henrty
Vollinger. aat
Corner Market and Tenth streata-M.
| B. Reed.
McOolloch street, Third ward-J. B.
Fee. Gi5
Cornor Msrke. ard Seventh Streets
John j.. kenney.
Central Glass Works, McCollcch street
John Carmsck.
Corner EoF and Seventeenth streets,
Fourth ward-E. s. Dunagay.
Manchester-George Luke.
Crescent coal Works-W, W,Klfse.A
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